When Jonathan Wade died in the late seventeenth century, he was buried on his land in an area called “the burying place”. Eventually, the Salem Street Burying Ground became the town burying ground used exclusively for the burial of the town’s wealthy. Because socioeconomic factors are included in mortality, it makes sense that the life expectancy within Salem Street Burying Ground is higher than the national or global average at the time. The cemetery has stones dating as far back as 1683 and as recent as 1881. The population of Medford was only two hundred and thirty people in the beginning of the eighteenth century and by the beginning of the nineteenth century there were just over one thousand people living in Medford. There are six hundred of some of Medford’s wealthiest people buried there, as well as fifty slaves – all in unmarked graves. There are many families buried in this cemetery including those of the Tufts family. Additionally, many unknown Revolutionary war soldiers are buried in this
When Jonathan Wade died in the late seventeenth century, he was buried on his land in an area called “the burying place”. Eventually, the Salem Street Burying Ground became the town burying ground used exclusively for the burial of the town’s wealthy. Because socioeconomic factors are included in mortality, it makes sense that the life expectancy within Salem Street Burying Ground is higher than the national or global average at the time. The cemetery has stones dating as far back as 1683 and as recent as 1881. The population of Medford was only two hundred and thirty people in the beginning of the eighteenth century and by the beginning of the nineteenth century there were just over one thousand people living in Medford. There are six hundred of some of Medford’s wealthiest people buried there, as well as fifty slaves – all in unmarked graves. There are many families buried in this cemetery including those of the Tufts family. Additionally, many unknown Revolutionary war soldiers are buried in this